THE distraught family of a young woman killed when her boyfriend crashed his car have slammed the sentence he was given.

And they want a change in the law that would have allowed the driver to be jailed for five years.

Martin Roberts, 24, was fined £500 and banned from driving for six months at Chester Crown Court on July 14 after a jury found him guilty of careless driving rather than the charge he originally faced - causing death by dangerous driving. For the lesser charge, that was the maximum sentence.

Kirsty Dyson, 23, a former Frodsham High School student, died at the scene of the accident on July 24 last year when Roberts lost control of his BMW on the A56 between Mickle Trafford and Dunham on the Hill.

Kirsty's brother, Gareth Dyson, 28, said: 'There's no closure for us and no justice for Kirsty. He's been done for a driving offence and there's no recognition for what happened to her.'

Currently, if a death has occurred as a result of careless driving, this can only be reflected in the charge if the driver is under the influence of drink or drugs.

Sister Hayley, 19, Gareth and mum Jackie, 51, of Bates Lane, Helsby, are backing Government proposals to introduce a charge of causing death by careless driving, which could carry a five-year prison sentence.